{"id":11364,"date":"2025-01-10T15:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:42:21","slug":"old-and-new-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=11364","title":{"rendered":"Old and New Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11366\" width=\"695\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.jpg 926w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not my photo, but it mirrors my career. I started out in a 1985 Dodge Diplomat squad car, like the one on the right. My latest cruiser was a Ford Interceptor, shown on the left. For me, it has been a 37 year wild ride from patrol officer to command staff and major\u2019s clusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technology has progressed from Smith &amp; Wesson Model 64 revolvers to Sig Sauer P320 semi-autos. As a rookie, I never thought I would be in SWAT or K9 or detective division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My career has been a dream job I could not have imagined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Randall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not my photo, but it mirrors my career. I started out in a 1985 Dodge Diplomat squad car, like the one on the right. My latest cruiser was a Ford Interceptor, shown on the left. 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